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It is only free for one year. if you need free private repositories, you should stick to bitbucket

It's actually free until you graduate. :) You just have to re-up every two years.

Bitbucket has unlimited free private repos anyways. Adding your .edu just gives you the ability to have unlimited collaborators.

+1 for Bitbucket, unless you want to deal with the hassle of moving over from github to bitbucket when you no longer qualify as a student.

Or... you can pay $7/mo, given that as a nom-student you can probably afford that much? :P

Why pay for something that you can get easily for free from a competitor?

Yeah, seriously.. Why would you pay $7.. do you like wasting your money...

> Or... you can pay $7/mo, given that as a nom-student you can probably afford that much? :P

What's a "nom student"? Does that mean graduated? Because he didn't say that.

Or does it mean "landed a high paying job"? Cause not everybody does or can be certain they will.

There is one thing you can be certain of however, and that is that you will be up to your neck in student loan debt. Paying $7/mo is not always a justifiable expense.

Sure in many cases your assumption is correct, but you could be a tiny bit less flippant about it.

+1 for bitbucket, I keep all of my private projects there.

Ideal for semester project.

Works great! Made my day.

Thanks Github

Two years.

Is it renewable if you're still a student after the year is up?

Yes, you'll need to reapply after the two year period, but the turnaround is quick.

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